Weather.Co vs Storm Window
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weather.Co
This app provides comprehensive weather data and flight planning tools for general aviation pilots. It offers detailed forecasts, airport information, and in-flight tools, alongside general weather information for everyone.
- METAR and TAF with color coding
- Airport diagrams with live wind overlay
- Route planning with weather along path
- In-flight dashboard
- Live NEXRAD radar
- Severe weather alerts
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Weather.Co is the pilot's weather app — built from the runway up for general aviation, with the full-featured weather app everyone else needs too. COMPLETE PICTURE Go-No-Go Assessment against your personal minimums IMSAFE Checklist for pre-flight self-assessment METAR and TAF with VFR, MVFR, IFR, and LIFR color coding Airport Diagram with live wind overlay, favored runway, and crosswind components PIREPs sorted by proximity AIRMETs and SIGMETs with nearby count at a glance NOTAMs smart-filtered for your departure airport Winds Aloft selectable by pressure level Graphical Forecast for Aviation (GFA) Icing and Freezing Level for IFR and mountain flying Turbulence Forecast from pireps and models FLIGHT PLANNING HUB Route Planning with weather along the full path Cross Country Advisor for multi-leg trips Route Weather Briefing and full Pre-Flight Briefing Crosswind Calculator with live METAR autofill Density Altitude calculator Weight and Balance with customizable aircraft profiles E6B Flight Computer for time, speed, distance, fuel, and wind Takeoff and Landing Data card Fuel Planner with reserves and cruise burn Navigation Log with waypoints and leg calculations Alternate Airport Finder within your fuel range IN-FLIGHT AND POST-FLIGHT In-Flight Dashboard in glanceable cockpit mode Flight Timer and always-on Zulu Clock Holding Pattern Calculator D-ATIS for your destination Nearby Stations with current weather Flight Logbook with automatic totals Submit PIREP to give back to the community WEATHER FOR EVERYONE Live NEXRAD radar with storm motion SPC Convective Outlooks and Mesoscale Discussions AIRMET, SIGMET, and MCD polygons on radar Active storm warnings and watches Hourly and 10-day forecast Air quality, UV index, humidity, and pressure trends Severe weather alerts with push notifications EVERY APPLE PLATFORM Fully native on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV Customizable tile board to arrange and resize the tools you use most Apple Watch complications with flight category and wind Home Screen widgets in multiple sizes Cockpit night mode with red-tinted display iCloud sync across all your devices Download and fly with the confidence of a full briefing room in your pocket. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Storm Window
This app translates complex weather data into easy-to-understand outdoor risk timelines. It helps you plan activities by highlighting when conditions are safe, marginal, stormy, or severe, considering factors like lightning, heat, and air quality.
- Clear outdoor risk guidance
- 48-hour hourly risk timeline
- Lightning-aware storm risk
- Heat, air quality, wind, UV, rain, snow context
- National Weather Service alert awareness
- Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch support
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Storm Window helps you find safer outdoor windows when weather risk is changing. Instead of giving you another raw forecast, Storm Window turns hourly weather data into a clear outdoor risk timeline, highlighting when conditions look clear, marginal, stormy, or severe. Built for runners, cyclists, walkers, golfers, beach days, trail time, work crews, and anyone who plans around lightning, heat, wind, air quality, and rain. Core features: • Clear "go / wait" style outdoor risk guidance • 48-hour hourly risk strip, shown as bars or dots • Lightning-aware storm risk • Heat, air quality, wind, UV, rain, and snow context • National Weather Service alert awareness • Current-location planning, plus one saved place • Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch support • Built-in explanations of what's driving each hour's risk Storm Window Pro adds: • Multiple saved locations • Activity-specific risk profiles (runner, cyclist, golfer, and more) • Custom activity profiles • Personal heat and AQI sensitivity tuning • Full hourly detail on tap • Driest-stretch highlight within your safe window • Per-location widgets and complications Storm Window Pro+ adds: • Trips: pin an upcoming event and get its own safe-window forecast and alerts • "Should I Go?" activity-aware guidance • Forecast change reviews and 48-hour forecast summaries • Apple Intelligence-powered risk explanations on supported devices — all features work without it Storm Window uses deterministic risk rules for its core safety assessment. Pro+ guidance does not replace the underlying risk rating. Storm Window is forecast guidance, not a guarantee of safe conditions. Weather can change quickly. When thunder roars, go indoors. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Weather.Co at free against Storm Window's free with in-app purchases. Weather.Co also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Weather.Co sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Storm Window sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Weather.Co against 5.0 for Storm Window. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weather.Co has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Weather.Co ships an update every 4 days, Storm Window every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weather.Co | Storm Window |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ethan Kuhlman | Daniel Schumacher |
Customer experience
Weather.Co
Storm Window
In-app purchases
Weather.Co
- Aviation Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Storm Pro$2.991 Month
- Weather. Co Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
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- Storm Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Aviation Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Weather Co Pro - Yearly$29.991 Year
Storm Window
- Storm Window Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro+ Monthly$4.991 Month
- Storm Window Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Pro+ Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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